"One of two people shot by an off-duty police
detective on the West Side has died, while the
other person has been charged with assault,
officials said.
Rekia Boyd, 22, of the 1500 block of California
Avenue, was pronounced dead at 1:15 p.m. Thursday
at Mount Sinai Hospital, according to the Cook
County medical examiner's office.
The other person wounded by the detective, Antonio
Cross, 39, of the 7100 block of South Ridgeland
Avenue in the South Shore neighborhood, was
released from Mount Sinai Hospital about being
treated for a gunshot wound to the hand.
Cross has been charged with aggravated assault, a
misdemeanor, according to police.
Police said Cross approached the detective's car
with a handgun around 1 a.m. Wednesday near the
intersection of 15th Place and Albany Avenue. The
detective opened fire, hitting the him in the hand
but also striking Boyd in the head, according to
police officials."- WGNTV